3 questions about the DEVIL?

Question

1. Why does the devil run around in a red Leotard?

2. Does the devil have any special powers or does he just use fear and intimidation?

3. Does the concept of a "devil" seem like a rational belief system to you?

Answer 1

#1. Because someone seems to think that a red Leotard represents a devil.

#2. The devil may be "fear and intimidation"...and nothing more than that.

#3. The concept is clearly irrational, and yet unavoidable if a person cannot overcome fear.

Answer 2

I'll start with #3. No, it isn't rational. The Bible didn't have a devil at first. A serpent tempted Eve. Read and see it was a serpent condemned afterward to crawl on his belly and eat dirt. God sent both good and evil for a while. He hardened Pharoah's heart. The devil was borrowed from Persian Zoroastrianism, just as the tale of Noah was copied from the Sumerian tale of Utnapishtam. Some contradictions are in the Bible due to this, e.g. the early account of David's census says God inspired it, but a later one says the devil did it. As for #1 and #2, there is no real Lucifer, so he wears nothing and has no powers.

Answer 3

1. Because its Hollowe'en

2. Humans use fear and intimidation, there is no such thing as the devil, man made him up, there has to be a name for the evil that man does.

3. No, it is a belief brought down through the generations to keep catholics and protestants in line and from seeking the truth. That there is no Christmas in the Bible, there is no Easter, these are all man made hollidays, and brings grief and sorrow to those who cannot afford to purchase toys for their children causing them stress and driving them to steal borrow or beg just to make their children happy. We have all bought into it at one time or another, but this is the season where most suicides happen. There is nothing rational about evil doers in humanity. You can blame it on the devil, but you know a man did it.

Answer 4

1. The devil as far as I can tell, have not seen him wear red leotards!
2. Demons have supernatural knowledge that we do not have access to. They know first hand about redemption and Christ
(Mark 1:24), but reject it. We do not have first hand knowledge but by faith we receive it.
They can influence people with their knowledge, and convince people they know the future, which they do not. They can only make good their presumptions.
They can make their victims exhibit superhuman strength (Luke 8:29).
They are invinsible and are not limited to anything physical such as people. However, they may assume, or appear in human form (2 Kings 2:11 & 6:17 also in Rev. 9:1-12 & 16:13-16).
They operate by being shrewd. The demons recognized Jesus for who He was in power and position, and they are one of the greatest testimonies to the diety of Jesus ( Matt. 8:29 and Mark 1:23-24 & 3:11 & 5:7 also in Luke 8:28 and Acts 19:15). They responded to Jesus with fear and with hatred. They knew who He was, and they knew their fate to come in judgement and destruction.
Instances of people being possessed or affected include Saul, (1 Sam. 16:14-23 & 18:10-11 and 19:9-10); two demon-possessed men (Matt. 8:28-34 & MK. 5:2-20); the disabled ( Matt. 9:32-33 & 12:22, also in Luke 11:14); Mary Magdalene ( MK. 16:9 and
LUKE 8:2-3)
If you take the Bible seriously, you must take into account the veracity and reality of demons! They are not figurines of a by-gone belief system, which is what they want you to think. They are real and they are after you!

Evil spirits come from the created angelic order. They were not created as evil beings, for all of God's creation was good ( Genesis 3:1). The Bible indicates that a number of angels headed by satan, or Lucifer, rebelled against God's authority and fell ( Isaiah 14:12-15 and Ezekiel 28:11-19).
The serpant, satan, is leader of the fallen angels, and opposes himself to God. Jesus in His early ministry established a bridgehead against the evil unseen world; hence the hostile and sometimes violent, reaction of the demons ( Mark 1:23-27 and 32:34). Jesus had no fear of the demons and neither should the true believer but it is important for Christians to avoid becoming obessed by the unseen world. The demonic world is already doomed and defeated ( Colossians 2:15 and Hebrews 2:14,15). It is the death of Jesus that has achieved this victory. We are to be confident, but not complacent, for satan's kingdom has yet to concede it's defeat at the cross. It's final destination will be at the return of Christ.

Answer 5

1. I don't know who came up with that one, but the real devil does not run around in red leotards.
2. He uses fear and intimidation.
3. yes.

Answer 6

Firstly, where does it say that the Devil runs around in a red Leotard? Secondly, the Devil is a "story" to ward all Christians off from having a golly good time (like the Pagan's were having before Christianity stole all their Gods and built churches on their sacred sites, and stole their festival dates) and thirdly, the concept of the Devil was created in a historical context, meaning that if one believes in "burning bushes" and " walking on water" then one must also believe in the concept of punishment. To back up this I have added some interesting historical data about he "myth of the devil".

To the Greeks, Pan was a shepherd: he was half goat and half man, a thing of nature—certainly not the Antichrist or a being who was out to corrupt and steal men's souls. He was lusty; he played pipes and was therefore musical; and he was a god of nature. And though much is made in schools and textbooks of the major Olympian gods—Zeus and the gang—it is clear from archaeological evidence that Pan was the favorite god of the Greek people. "It's a fact that there are more dedications to him than to any other..." (Pitt-Kethley xi). Perhaps this is what led Christian theologians to demonize Pan; they sensed a powerful competitor for the hearts of the people. This demonization was no accident, but rather a deliberate twisting of pagan ideals as Christianity spread its influence throughout Europe. After the Council of Nicea issued the Nicene Creed and the Roman Catholic Church was established in 325 C.E., Christian theologians (beginning with Eusebius) transformed Pan from a benign nature god to Satan—the great Adversary. I

But what is it about sexuality that makes Christianity so afraid of it, besides the fact that Jesus didn't seem to have any?The Church still preaches loudly about the destructive power of sexual immorality, and pretty much leaves the creative aspect of it for granted. Since Pan's sexual nature was so evident, this might explain the Church's readiness to hold up Pan as an example of profound moral turpitude. Pan's sexuality, when combined with his unwholesome visage, thus gave the ascetics exactly what they needed. Since he had never been attractive to begin with, and Christians were wont to associate ugliness with evil (deformations and plagues of all kinds were seen as a punishment from God for sins committed), Pan became the image of the devil. This defamation of a once pastoral god was part of a vast campaign of religious propaganda designed to put the fear of the devil (where the fear of God didn't seem to work) in the people's hearts—for Christianity had several pantheons of old gods to conquer, and a personification of evil was efficacious in helping the process along. Thanks to Christianity, Pan literally became the world's biggest scapegoat.

Answer 7

I think I will just reduce my answer to 3.. A rational belief system?

Are you kidding, a woman is dragged to her death behind a car, a newborn baby is ripped from her mother's arms and her mother's throat is cut, muslim terrorists kidnap people and saw off their heads.

Is any of the rational - no....and it's pretty hard to believe but it happened and is happening on a daily and escalated basis.

The devil doesn't need special power people are following him in flocks!

Answer 8

1. They do cos 'human' drew them in red leotards.
2. Not much fear and intimidation as it is persuasion to do bad. And they have powers considering that they can't be seen.
3. It is so, yes.

Answer 9

1. Because pink was sold out.
2. He uses brainwashing like all elements of religion do.
3. Nope. No part of religion seems like a rational belief system to me.

Answer 10

1: NO. hes naked. and is a composite figure taken from different religions when they started the idea that there are as many levels of hell as they are of heaven. they had to borrow ideas from different religions to fill in the rulers for these levels.The goats head and horns from both the pagans and the Knights templer shield as they were out of favor with the church.also from the caladiens. the color of his body comes from both the idea that he is a fire deamon and that red is the color of the lowest frecancy of the electromagnic spectrem also the color of the base charks that located in the base of the spine(also called the serpent).
2: only those that you give himover you . old saying. Devillget thee behind me.
3.NO. Satan would as he ws created by GOD to be the temptor of the soul to try and lead it astray from the laws of GOD.